With Pa. boost, solar-cell plant set for Navy Yard

By Andrew Maykuth

Inquirer Staff Writer

With a promise of $49 million in inducements from Gov. Rendell, a Greek solar-cell maker says it will break ground next year on a sprawling manufacturing facility in Philadelphia\’s Navy Yard.

HelioSphera US says the $500 million plant will employ 400 people when it begins operations in late 2011. It will be able to produce 1.2 million thin-film solar modules per year.

Panos Ninios, president of HelioSphera US, said the company chose the Navy Yard site after reaching out to eight states and visiting 35 locations.

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